Day 9: Vienna. Another day, another country. This morning was a slightly later start than usual with me getting to the station to catch the 9:46 train to Vienna. The train was my shortest journey yet, taking just over an hour. Unfortunately it was during this hour that I realised I managed to leave my memory card in the hostel's laptop after last night's mass upload of photos to Facebook. I phoned the hostel though and they are going to post it home for me. Luc...

Day 8: Bratislava. Today's entry will be short and sweet, like my stay in Bratislava. Today I got the latest train of my trip so far and left Prague at 9:42am. The train journey was quite standard and took just over 4 hours. Though the last few minutes coming into Bratislava were a bit worrying due to the fact that the train went at such a slow pace I thought it was going to stop at a random station and I would be left stranded in the outskirts of the city. Fin...

Day 7: Prague. I can't believe I'm at the end of my first week already! This trip has been a whirlwind so far. Anyway, on to more of my Praguean adventures. Today I was up at 8am after quite a good nights sleep. After going through the usual morning routine I headed up to the dining room for a breakfast of cereal, yoghurt and bread (again making myself a sneaky sandwhich for later). After breakfast it was straight out to explore the city. Today's main goal was ...

Day 6: Prague Another day spent on a train, with a bit of sightseeing thrown in for good measure. This morning I was up at 7 so I could catch my third train, this one heading to Prague. Before I get on to the details of my train journey though, I have a little anecdote for you from checking out of the hostel in Berlin. Last night, somewhere between my room and the reception area, my key card mysteriously vanished out of my pocket. I thought I might have left it...

Day 5: Berlin Today has probably been one of my favourite (and most painful) days I've had so far on this trip. Because I had a late (ish) night last night I let myself have a bit of a lie in. So i got up at half 8 (I obviously can't do lie-ins when there are sights to be seen). Anyway, more time to see the city. I said goodbye to my new Canadian friends (they were leaving for Dresden today) and headed off to the Berlin Dom (cathedral). For a small price you can...